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I'd have to say that, today, all of those can be done in the browser except Excel. File comparison, hard applications, legacy code, can be compiled to WASM and

I'd have to say that, today, all of those can be done in the browser except Excel. File comparison, hard applications, legacy code, can be compiled to WASM and run quite well in the browser. The pieces are in place to do it, they just need polishing and tuning to make it ubiquitous. Even Excel could be compiled like this but again MS wants to own you and pin you over a barrel while extracting everything they can from you, so Excel won't be available. But many/most Spreadsheets can be done in Libreoffice, or code or no/low code alternatives.

the_snooze 5y ago
>File comparison, hard applications, legacy code, can be compiled to WASM and run quite well in the browser. Not when you're working on proprietary/confidential/classified information. >But many/most Spreadsheets can be done in Libreoffice, or code or no/low code alternatives. Not when you're working on spreadsheets that you need to send to organizations that heavily rely on MS Office.
- apetresc 5y ago
  > Not when you're working on proprietary/confidential/classified information. Why not? The WASM approach the OP is suggesting works entirely locally, the web is simply pushing client code to your browser.
  - hulitu 5y ago
    > Why not? The WASM approach the OP is suggesting works entirely locally, the web is simply pushing client code to your browser Because "the web is simply pushing client code to your browser". Untrusted code. Which may violate the confidentiality of you document. I still don't get it why companies which deal with "confidential information" are very happy to put those documents in the cloud. But ... it is their data and they decide what to do with it.
    - apetresc 5y ago
      I think you're still misunderstanding. The documents don't need to be "in the cloud", the WASM in your browser can operate on them locally. Is the WASM "untrusted"? Sure, I guess, all code you haven't written yourself is "untrusted" by default. Why would a native application shipped via CD or download be any more "trusted"?
  - raxxorrax 5y ago
    You lose most of the advantages of running a software in your browser though.
    - hackerfromthefu 5y ago
      Can you explain what you're thinking?
GekkePrutser 5y ago
OneNote is still a pig in the browser. Every day it has to reload and loses track of all the folders in the notebook so I have to reload them all again. Oh and it's soooo slow :(
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the_snooze 5y ago

>File comparison, hard applications, legacy code, can be compiled to WASM and run quite well in the browser. Not when you're working on proprietary/confidential/classified information. >But many/most Spreadsheets can be done in Libreoffice, or code or no/low code alternatives. Not when you're working on spreadsheets that you need to send to organizations that heavily rely on MS Office.

apetresc 5y ago
> Not when you're working on proprietary/confidential/classified information. Why not? The WASM approach the OP is suggesting works entirely locally, the web is simply pushing client code to your browser.
- hulitu 5y ago
  > Why not? The WASM approach the OP is suggesting works entirely locally, the web is simply pushing client code to your browser Because "the web is simply pushing client code to your browser". Untrusted code. Which may violate the confidentiality of you document. I still don't get it why companies which deal with "confidential information" are very happy to put those documents in the cloud. But ... it is their data and they decide what to do with it.
  - apetresc 5y ago
    I think you're still misunderstanding. The documents don't need to be "in the cloud", the WASM in your browser can operate on them locally. Is the WASM "untrusted"? Sure, I guess, all code you haven't written yourself is "untrusted" by default. Why would a native application shipped via CD or download be any more "trusted"?
- raxxorrax 5y ago
  You lose most of the advantages of running a software in your browser though.
  - hackerfromthefu 5y ago
    Can you explain what you're thinking?

GekkePrutser 5y ago

OneNote is still a pig in the browser. Every day it has to reload and loses track of all the folders in the notebook so I have to reload them all again. Oh and it's soooo slow :(

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